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A Profile Of Modern American Immigration

A new PBS documentary examines the human aspect of American immigration.

March 30 - Business Week

Florida's New Trend: The Young

Formerly primarily a retirement community, Naples now attracts young professionals who find the strong economy and sunshine a powerful draw.

March 30 - The Los Angeles Times

Freedom Brings Cars And Pollution To Tirana Albania

In a country where most of the cars on the road are stolen, an ambitious new environment minister wants to treat excessive vehicle emissions as a crime.

March 30 - The Guardian Unlimited

The New Pioneers Of Sprawl

Population growth causes culture clashes in Colorado.

March 30 - The Christian Science Monitor

Low Income Renters Lost Ground In 1990s Despite Economic Growh

Report finds low income renters lost ground in the 1990s despite economic growth

March 29 - National Low Income Housing Coalition


So Much For Trying To Ban Big Box Retailers

Alameda County, California, might have spoken too soon in passing a big box ban.

March 29 - The Oakland Tribune

Writing A New Ending To The Gentrfication Story

By banning chain stores in a four block area, planners may attempt to keep gentrification in check around popular and super-hip Hayes Valley.

March 29 - The San Francisco Chronicle


Virginia Considers Possibility Of Separate Interstate For Trucks

State and federal leaders are examining a plan to build a new four lane road parallel to I-81 to divide truck from auto traffic

March 29 - The Washington Post

Amish Squeezed Out By Suburbia

A sign of tensions between urban and rural landscapes, Amish families are moving away from their traditional settlements.

March 29 - The Chicago Tribune

Traffic Density Data For N. American & European LRT Systems

Tables and figures that compare tramways, light railways, and light rail systems in the U.S., Canada, Westerno Europe, and Australia in terms of annual traffic density.

March 29 - Public Transit

The Impact Of Outsourcing On Rural Communities

What happens to a rural town when the largest employer outsources all the jobs overseas?

March 29 - The Los Angeles Times

Big City Schools, Big City Challenges

Grand Rapids, Detroit compete with big, new suburban schools

March 29 - Michigan Land Use Institute

Profiles Of The Next Generation Of Planners

Three masters-level planning students share why they decided to choose planning, and what they see as the future of planning.

March 29 - Planetizen

Building for People, Not Cars

New Urbanist community in suburban Toronto realized through developer's vision and persistance.

March 29 - The Toronto Star

Robert E. Simon Jr. Reflects On Reston

As the planned community of Reston celebrates its fortieth anniversary, its urban developer shares his thoughts.

March 29 - The Washington Post

FEATURE

Profiles of the Next Generation of Planners

March 29 - Francis McLaughlin, Kelly Koldus, and Matthew Edmond

Toronto Subway Expansion Constrained by Lack of Vision

As Toronto's subway turns 50, experts and enthusiasts ponder the system that might have been

March 28 - The Toronto Star

Why Aren't People Using Jakarta's New Busway?

Jakarta's new busway is clean, cool, safe and speedy, yet it still has not gotten significant numbers of people out of their cars.

March 28 - The Guardian Unlimited

Online Game Lets You Balance Toronto's Books

Simulation allows citizens to experience the tough budgetary decisions facing Toronto's municipal leaders.

March 28 - The Toronto Star

Planning a Gay Enclave

The City of Oakland, CA seeks to promote economic development through establishment of gay and lesbian district.

March 28 - San Francisco Business Times

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